8 BBY, May 1. This was also the last time this dating system would appear.
Because from this day onward, the Fourth Empire officially began using the Fourth Empire Calendar. This year was the first year of the Fourth Empire!
However, to avoid confusion, the months of the first year of the Fourth Empire still remained aligned with the Galactic Standard Calendar. In other words, this day was still May 1, first year of the Fourth Empire Calendar.
At the same time, the months and holidays of the Fourth Empire Calendar would temporarily remain aligned with the Galactic Standard Calendar. In other words, there were still ten months each year, thirty-five days per month, one Festival Day each month, and an additional five days of holiday for the New Year.
The Fourth Empire Ministry of the Interior had long since completed all technical documents and administrative directives for the calendar reform. The Fourth Empire's calendar reform would proceed in three stages.
First stage: the era name would be changed to the first year of the Fourth Empire, while everything else remained completely identical to the Galactic Standard Calendar.
Second stage: over the next thirty years, the holidays of the Galactic Standard Calendar would gradually be replaced by the Fourth Empire's own cultural festivals. There were currently two changes—April 25 of every year was designated National Day, with a three-day holiday; at the same time, the New Year holiday was renamed New Year's Day.
This stage would continue without end. It could be said that as long as a historic event or date emerged, it would inevitably be given new symbolic meaning and become a new holiday.
Third stage: over the next ten years, the Blue Star calendar would gradually replace the Milky Way Galaxy's standard calendar.
Blue Star was the